Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Whitehead (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Whitehead. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Whitehead is located in Lauderdale County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lauderdale County: Colbert, Lawrence, Limestone, Tishomingo (MS), Giles (TN), Hardin (TN), Lawrence (TN) & Wayne (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Whitehead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitehead:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Whitehead)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Cedar Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Corum ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Estep ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Rogersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Elgin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Comer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Confluence
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Lexington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arkdell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Ford City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nitrate City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- Leighton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Dam
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
- Muscle Shoals
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Florence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Sheffield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Tuscumbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Red Bank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- North Courtland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Town Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Courtland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Mountain Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Chalybeate Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Hatton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lentzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Lester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lester is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Poplar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Ripley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elkmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hay's Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Pettusville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Tanner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Country Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Austinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Decatur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Simpson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Russell Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Minor Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Stella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Prospect
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anthony Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Green Field
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Bodenham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Gordon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Ardmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elkmont Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Appleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Rascal Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Liberty Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Loretto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Busby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Iron City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Fall River
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Leoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westpoint
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- New Prospect
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Lawrenceburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lincoln County (TN)
- Cash Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Corning ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Cypress Inn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Collinwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitehead, see our County-by-County Page for Whitehead.
Cemeteries Near Whitehead ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitehead.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Whitehead - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitehead covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Harvey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Corum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Whitehead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCartney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Thornton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thornton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Romine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (838 more) ...
- Barnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harmon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shelton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Whitehead in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whitehead.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitehead, with the one closest to Whitehead listed first.
- Rogersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Comer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Lexington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Good Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Good Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Sugar ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
- Belew ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Lentzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Appleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Mount Rozell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Rozell is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rozell
- Green Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Poplar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gipsy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gipsy is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Marbuts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marbuts is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbuts
- Town Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitehead. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitehead.
Newspapers Published in Whitehead ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitehead.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitehead, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitehead.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Whitehead:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whitehead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitehead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |